Social Psychology 2040 Final Exam Guide

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Louisiana State University

Department

Psychology

Course

PSYC 2040

Professor

All

Semester

Fall

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PSYC 2040 Final ExamChapter 9Prejudice is a negative prejudgment of a group and its individual members a biased often negative attitude formed about a group of peopleIncludes belief structures about the group of people along with expectations concerning how those members should behaveHave affective behavioral and cognitive componentsPrejudice can be subtle or automaticImplicit feelings cause automatic responseExplicit feelings are conscious attitudes that drive behavior that can be accusatory Stereotype is a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people stereotypes are sometimes over generalized inaccurate and resistant to new informationStereotypes are an extension of our predisposition to categorize things quicklyA set of rigid beliefs positive or negative about characteristics or attributes of a groupBecomes a problem when categorization is rigid and over generalizedStereotypes are often resistant to changeRacism 1 An individuals prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given race or 2 institutional practices even if not motivated by prejudice that subordinate people of a given raceSexism 1 An individuals prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given sex or 2 institutional practices even if not motivated by prejudice that subordinate people of a given sexDiscrimination is unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group or its membersOvert behavior directed toward individuals simply because they belong to a particular groupAn extension of a general learning principleOccurs even in the absence of underlying prejudicePrejudice can exist without discrimination and discrimination can occur without prejudiceDiscrimination is behavior that is not always intentional because of not recognizing the potentialGender bias is affected by social historical and cultural practicesAll comes back to the gender roles we learnedAttitudes towards women are maintained by conformityLaws are made to help change attitudesSocial sources of prejudiceNegative attitudes about small groups the in groups us say bad things about the out group themUnequal status fosters prejudice between groups one group is better than another competing for resourcesIngroup is US a group of people who share a sense of belonging a feeling of common identityOutgroup Them a group that people perceive as distinctly different from or apart from their in group